blenny
any of several fishes of the family Blenniidae and related families, especially of the genus Blennius, having a long, tapering body and small pelvic fins inserted before the pectoral fins.
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The Large blenny (B. gattorugine) inhabits deeper water, chiefly off the south-west coast, and reaches a length of a foot or more.
The Sea Shore | William S. FurneauxHe describes how in the embryo of the blenny there is a short, thick arch between the first gill-slit and the mouth.
Form and Function | E. S. (Edward Stuart) RussellA curious little blenny-fish swarms in the numerous creeks which intersect the mangrove topes.
It was a small fish—a familiar fish, too—which he had known in the pools of his native land by the name of blenny.
Black Ivory | R.M. BallantyneSeeing that the coast was clear, for Disco stood as motionless as a mangrove tree, blenny hopped upon the dry land.
Black Ivory | R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for blenny
/ (ˈblɛnɪ) /
any blennioid fish of the family Blenniidae of coastal waters, esp of the genus Blennius, having a tapering scaleless body, a long dorsal fin, and long raylike pelvic fins
any of various related fishes
Origin of blenny
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